AERO 1010 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
First to have the idea of a flying apparatus - Answers - Roger Bacon
Prophet of flight - Answers - Leonardo De Vinchi
Lighter than air ships - Answers - Montgolfier, 1738, R D S
First man to accomplish flight in a balloon - Answers - Jean de Rozier
First USA person to fly in a balloon with a passenger - Answers - Peter Carnes
Balloon with metal stabilizer and engines - Answers - Dirigible
Made the first steerable balloon - Answers - Henri Gifford
First rigid airship with hydrogen - Answers - Zeppelin
Made DERLAG, Passenger airline - Answers - Hugo Eckner
Flew across the Atlantic and blew up - Answers - Hindenburg
Made the airfoil (lift, power, control) - Answers - Sir George Cayley
"planophone" First flight of a stable aircraft - Answers - Alphonse Penaud
"powerful engine to wings" manned airplane to take off from level ground - Answers -
Clement Ader
"father of the glider" Lift based off of wing shape - Answers - Otto Lilenthal
"control glider by moving the wings" - Answers - Octave Chanute
1889 worked with the Smithsonian "leading authority of aviation" - Answers - Samuel
Langley
Wright Brothers - Answers - Dec. 17th, 1903. Kitty Hawk, NC. 120ft. 12 sec.
First man to lose his life in a powered airplane - Answers - Lt. Thomas Selfridge
First Licensed Female Pilot - Answers - Harriet Quimby
, What slowed aviation? - Answers - Failure of the aerodome, Slow acceptance,
Wright/Curtiss feud
Only aviator to receive medal of honor in WW1 - Answers - Eddie Rickenbacker
Wanted airplanes in war - Answers - General Billy Mitchel
Built the first multiengine aircraft - Answers - Short Brothers
First airmail trip - Answers - Otto Praegar
First transcontinental airmail - Answers - Jack Knight
Contributions of airmail - Answers - Instrument, meteorology, hard surface runways,
radio communication, multiengine, commercial airlines
Airmail act of 1925 - Answers - The privatization of airmail
Problem with the Airmail act of 1925 - Answers - Companies took advantage of the
weighing system
Airmail act of 1930 - Answers - Unify the industry with system of regulation, air
commerce act, and CAA
Wanted 3-4 big air carriers - Answers - Walter Brown
Prevented Brown Admin. And made competitive bidding - Answers - Airmail act of 1934
Civil aeronautics of 1938 - Answers - 1. Rules and regulations 2. FAA 3. Airsafety board
Crossed the Atlantic Solo - Answers - Charles Lindburg
First woman to fly solo across the atlantic - Answers - Amelia Earhart
First Instrument flight - Answers - Jimmy Doolittle
First to fly solo across the globe - Answers - Wiley Post
"tin goose" First passenger carrrier - Answers - Ford tri-motor
Better aircraft carrier for passengers - Answers - DC-3
Pioneer in transatlantic flight - Answers - Pan American
Who was in charge of panam - Answers - Juan Trippe
ANSWERS
First to have the idea of a flying apparatus - Answers - Roger Bacon
Prophet of flight - Answers - Leonardo De Vinchi
Lighter than air ships - Answers - Montgolfier, 1738, R D S
First man to accomplish flight in a balloon - Answers - Jean de Rozier
First USA person to fly in a balloon with a passenger - Answers - Peter Carnes
Balloon with metal stabilizer and engines - Answers - Dirigible
Made the first steerable balloon - Answers - Henri Gifford
First rigid airship with hydrogen - Answers - Zeppelin
Made DERLAG, Passenger airline - Answers - Hugo Eckner
Flew across the Atlantic and blew up - Answers - Hindenburg
Made the airfoil (lift, power, control) - Answers - Sir George Cayley
"planophone" First flight of a stable aircraft - Answers - Alphonse Penaud
"powerful engine to wings" manned airplane to take off from level ground - Answers -
Clement Ader
"father of the glider" Lift based off of wing shape - Answers - Otto Lilenthal
"control glider by moving the wings" - Answers - Octave Chanute
1889 worked with the Smithsonian "leading authority of aviation" - Answers - Samuel
Langley
Wright Brothers - Answers - Dec. 17th, 1903. Kitty Hawk, NC. 120ft. 12 sec.
First man to lose his life in a powered airplane - Answers - Lt. Thomas Selfridge
First Licensed Female Pilot - Answers - Harriet Quimby
, What slowed aviation? - Answers - Failure of the aerodome, Slow acceptance,
Wright/Curtiss feud
Only aviator to receive medal of honor in WW1 - Answers - Eddie Rickenbacker
Wanted airplanes in war - Answers - General Billy Mitchel
Built the first multiengine aircraft - Answers - Short Brothers
First airmail trip - Answers - Otto Praegar
First transcontinental airmail - Answers - Jack Knight
Contributions of airmail - Answers - Instrument, meteorology, hard surface runways,
radio communication, multiengine, commercial airlines
Airmail act of 1925 - Answers - The privatization of airmail
Problem with the Airmail act of 1925 - Answers - Companies took advantage of the
weighing system
Airmail act of 1930 - Answers - Unify the industry with system of regulation, air
commerce act, and CAA
Wanted 3-4 big air carriers - Answers - Walter Brown
Prevented Brown Admin. And made competitive bidding - Answers - Airmail act of 1934
Civil aeronautics of 1938 - Answers - 1. Rules and regulations 2. FAA 3. Airsafety board
Crossed the Atlantic Solo - Answers - Charles Lindburg
First woman to fly solo across the atlantic - Answers - Amelia Earhart
First Instrument flight - Answers - Jimmy Doolittle
First to fly solo across the globe - Answers - Wiley Post
"tin goose" First passenger carrrier - Answers - Ford tri-motor
Better aircraft carrier for passengers - Answers - DC-3
Pioneer in transatlantic flight - Answers - Pan American
Who was in charge of panam - Answers - Juan Trippe
